Even samsung LCDs have the SAME cloud issue as the Sony XBR:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread....8&page=11&pp=30

And most surprisingly...people are planning a class action law suit on Sharp for those crazy banding found on the Aquos these companies gotta stop selling F***ed up TVs.

I'm gonna sit tight and live with my 172x Monitor and see what's really good this year

HOLY SH1T!!!! Sony V2500 46" 1080p

I can't stop laughing at people who bought these TVs and are being very proud of owning them haHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

This post has been edited by AlamakLor: Jan 19 2007, 02:17 AM

nope, just stick to whatever you have and wait for something this year and plasma is far more perfect than lcd now imho

the easiest way to check for banding is to play some games on it

When testing it with some games, the game background should be very monotonous in color...it can be any color, but grey is most obvious...(actually light blue was most obvious for me...i.e. sky) when you pan the screen slowly...try to look at the screen as a whole and you can easily detect the banding. The banding can be very obvious or very faint and not particularly noticeable, but I have not seen a single LCD TV that does not have banding issue. If you don't see it, chances are you just couldn't see it...I might be able to show them to you if I was there

It wasnt easy to detect in Ridge racer. When you drift the car, it spins too damn much and there are alot of things going on in the background. I've found motorstorm the best game to test banding, but that's a ps3 title. I've read alot about ppl seeing banding with Splinter cell and FEAR as well.

Banding is very hard to detect in most movies.

As long as you don't see it, that is good enough. Another way of checking for banding is to turn the whole tv off, leave some ambient light on and look at the screen from the side. If there is banding, you'd be able to see different darkness on the screen, with certain pattern (vertical/horizontal) stripes. If it has perfectly even gradient, then it has probably no banding.

Fujitsu is one of the very best. As for whether they share the same panels...i'm not really sure but it is not implausible. After all, panel is one thing, the processor and circuit makes a big difference in PQ. Malaysia manufacture alot of things, you'd find alot of stuff in north america are actually made in malaysia...sometimes i see more stuff made in malaysia than in china. It's pretty hard to find fujitsu here too, it's easier to get them online though.

Im not master buddy , I'm merely sharing and documenting all the information I gathered while searching and researching for HDTV. I haven't really looked at LG's TV, for some reasons it doesnt interest me too much. I believe LG shares similar panels with Philips...well since they are one company now. I did, however, looked at a the PX60 plasma vs one of the LG EDTV displaying the same resolution...the PX60 seems better than the LG in most cases, the picture is smoother and sharper, the LG seems a little blury in comparison. Anyway, I don't suppose LG's main selling point is PQ but the price instead. Personally, I'd choose something that is above par, especially some huge @ss TV since it is not something that you'd change very often. I still haven't found the TV I wanted, currently waiting for 2007 lineup from various companies to be available.

I just noticed the 1080p Panasonic Vierra plasma is out!!! CAD4000 for 50" around RM12,500...gonna do a little research on that and hopefully it doesnt have all the problems that I hate I want it!!!!